May 2005
Wind Power Upgrade
Turbine technology looms large.
By David Talbot
Wind power, already the world's fastest-growing source of electricity, is picking up still more momentum. The wind industry in Europe -- the epicenter of wind power adoption -- expects that one-quarter of the continent's new electricity-generating capacity in the next decade will come from wind. To both spur and serve this demand, manufacturers are developing colossal new offshore wind turbines with blade spans that exceed the length of a football field -- including the end zones.
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